Study Looks at Potential New Test to Screen for Breast Cancer in High-Risk Women

Dec. 14, 1999 (New York) -- Some types of non-cancerous breast lesions that typically are not associated with increased risk of breast cancer could be more dangerous than doctors previously thought. But a new study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that there may be a way to predict which lesions have cancer potential and possibly give those women drugs that can prevent the cancer from ever occurring.